1850c.34
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Tut-ball Played at Young Ladies School in England
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Females, HolidaysFemales, Holidays |
| Location | EnglandEngland |
| City/State/Country: | [[{{{Country}}}]] |
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| Game | Tut-Ball, Rounders - BritainTut-Ball, Rounders - Britain |
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| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
| Holiday | Ash Wednesday |
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| Text | "'Tut-ball,' as played at a young ladies' school at Shiffnal fifty years ago. The players stood together in their 'den,' behind a line marked on the ground, all except one, who was 'out' and who stood at a distance and threw the ball to them. One of the players in the den then hit back the ball with the palm of the hand, and immediately ran to one of the three brickbats, called 'tuts,' which were set up at equal distances on the ground, in such positions that a player running past them all would describe a complete circle by the time she returned to the den. The player who was 'out' tried to catch the ball, and to hit the runner with it while passing from one 'tut' to another. If she succeeded in doing so, she took her place in the den, and the other went 'out' in her stead. This game is nearly identical to 'rounders.'"
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| Sources | Alice B. Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (David Nutt, London, 1898), page 314. Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search (gomme tutt-ball 1898). Gomme adds that "pize-ball" is a similar game, and that in the past Tut-ball was played on Ash Wednesday in the belief that it would ward off sickness at harvest time. Shifnal, Shropshire, is in the west of England, about 25 miles northwest of Birmingham. |
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1850c.34 Tut-ball Played at Young Ladies School in England"
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